Senior Cost Estimator

2 days ago

San Francisco, California, United States Turner & Townsend Full time
Job Title: Senior Cost Estimator

We are seeking an experienced Senior Cost Estimator to join our team in San Francisco. As a key member of our cost management team, you will be responsible for providing estimating, benchmarking, and commercial management services on a global technology client's massive data center construction program.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Manage key relationships with the client, stakeholders, and other consultants.
  • Develop cost plans and project capital estimates through the design phase, delivering updated cost plans at appropriate design milestones.
  • Prepare cost reports and estimate packages, and regularly present to stakeholders.
  • Provide commercial input to design optioneering and input into value engineering exercises.
  • Manage cost checks and carry out valuations on larger projects. Complete timely, accurate cost checking and valuation processes.
  • Provide estimate and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan with the client, general contractor, and project team.
  • Review contractor and subcontractor pricing and lead negotiations on behalf of the client to drive fair contract prices.
  • Maintain margin levels and monthly fee/resource forecasts on all commissions.
  • Lead the commercial review of the competitive bid process for major trades.
  • Benchmarking integration to ensure accurate data capture.
  • Communicate or meet with general contractor and owner project manager to gather status information to prepare a cost estimate update.
  • Prepare written comments to the general contractor's submissions, including the executive summary. Coordinate all sources of cost information for cost discussions and suppliers direct from NPA, subs, quantities from A/Es,
  • Inform and drive engineering priorities based on cost impact.
  • Work proactively with minimal supervision to resolve scheduling issues.
  • Knowledge management – Ensure that key information and learning generated from each commission is inputted into internal databases and shared.
  • Process improvement – Identify and act upon ways to improve internal systems and processes.
  • Financial management – Utilize the tools provided to keep track of the ongoing margin levels and monthly fee/resource forecasts for each commission.
  • Review and participate with the design services team and general contractor, in the development of the cost estimates.
  • Reconcile changes that occur over the planning phase and assist the general contractor to ensure that their data is accurate.
  • Quality Control – Ensure compliance with quality standards and participation in ISO audits.
  • Line management responsibilities are effectively discharged.
  • Business development opportunities with existing and new clients, including cross-selling opportunities, are identified and acted upon.
  • Lead proposals for new work or variations for existing projects.
Requirements:
  • Demonstrates excellent presentation, verbal, written, and communication skills.
  • Ample experience working in a cost management role on large projects throughout the preconstruction phase.
  • Understands cost (material prices, labor, productivities) as well as commit profiles, cashflow, LLE dates, and overall project cost.
  • Experience preparing Cost Management estimates and reports.
  • Experience with advising clients on value management, and value engineering.
  • Experience with key aspects of business development.
  • Good organization skills, ability to multi-task, and be a team player.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft/G-suite of applications.
  • Strong analytical skills and, advanced proficiency using spreadsheets.
  • Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
  • Drive to be proactive and self-motivated.
  • The tenacity and ambition to inject value and create solutions.
  • Ability to develop good working relationships with project teams.

We offer a competitive salary range of $105K-$180 per year, depending on experience and qualifications. Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer and celebrates diversity. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change. We promote a healthy, productive, and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. Please find out more about us at https://www.turnerandtownsend.com/ and https://www.turnerandtownsend.com/careers/.

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